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Look at this 380-foot tower get demolished in Germany

By Staff, The Associated Press

Posted:
02/03/2014 08:58:51 AM EST

Watch the tallest building ever demolished in Europe fall to the ground

(Michael Probst/AP)A 380-foot tower was brought down with explosives in Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, the tallest building to be demolished in Europe.Watch the demolition up close:Frankfurt's university tower, built in 1972, was demolished Sunday morning using some 2,095 pounds of explosives. Police estimated that 30,000 spectators watched as the building collapsed in a huge cloud of dust.Watch in slow-motion:The university's facilities moved to a new campus last year. The tower originally was supposed to be demolished gradually, but authorities decided ...